My nephews

So, I stole this picture from my sister in law. Seriously, can these two get any cuter? I can't stand that I haven't seen them in 4 whole weeks! Definitely making the January "to do" list is going to be a day trip to see these cutie-pa-tooties!!

MaMa and PaPa's Christmas card pic!

We took MaMa and PaPa's Christmas card pic at Thanksgiving since the newest cousins, Calvin and Caleb, were in town. Getting 7 grandkids to smile/look towards camera can be difficult, but these kiddos did AWESOME! What a great picture!

Christmas at MaMa and PaPa's!

We celebrated Christmas with MaMa and PaPa on Christmas eve morning. We had a yummy breakfast first, listened to the reading passage from the Bible about the night that Jesus was born, then opened our presents.

Treyson is getting good at ripping into presents!
This face = PURE HAPPINESS! He has realized at this point that there is a set of REAL shoulder pads in this bag....doesn't get much better than this for our little man! Thank you Uncle Scott and Aunt Courtney!

We found something that would fit over his shoulder pads...Dadoo's new Razorback polo!
This is MaMa trying to act surprised about a gift we gave her that she knew about since we were shopping together! HA!
Leap Pad = Anniston's latest addiction....I think we're going to have to put time restrictions on this thing. Anniston has never done TV, computers, or video games. This thing put her in a trance--an educational one, at least!
What goes great with shoulder pads? Boxing gloves! And every football playing boxer needs a sweat band because that will definitely be a workout!
Two cousins consumed by their new electronics!
Well, the boxer switched to a football playing Star Wars character!
Thank you MaMa and PaPa for a wonderful Christmas celebration! We love you!

Christmas morning!

Santa came to see us Christmas morning! We must have been very good boys and girls around here ;)

Here's the pile that Santa left for Anniston
And here is Treyson's pile
....plus he left this for Treyson!
All Anniston wanted was a Bitty Baby (the baby from the American girl collection). She was BESIDE herself when she saw it! She even got a matching diaper bag with supplies!
Somebody is excited about the M&M's Santa left him!
Lovin his train! He's played with it alot the past 2 days (I'm actually surprised considering he's mostly a "ball" kind of kid!)


Merry Christmas!

Christmas evening on the square

On Christmas evening, we always head down to the square to walk around looking at lights, ride the camels or ponies, and take a carriage ride. This year was so fun, and we had good friends that were able to join us!

The kids opted for the camel ride!

We went to go see an 8 month old reindeer.


Merry Christmas!

Elfie is BACK!

Elfie (our Elf on the Shelf) was waiting for us this evening as we got home from spending Thanksgiving down the hill. Elfie always comes to see us after Thanksgiving. He watches us every day and reports to Santa each evening if we have been making naughty or nice choices.

The kids were so excited and surprised that he was here tonight! Anniston has been asking about Elfie and kept wondering if he would be back this year (this makes his 4th year to be with us). She was so precious going on and on about how amazing it was that Elfie was finally here!

Here are some pics (apparently in reversed order of how I'd like for them to be)

Elfie leaves us a surprise the very first night he returns each Christmas season. This year he left Anniston Christmas jammies, sparkly Christmas panties, and a snow globe that sings!
Here is Treyson's snow globe. Treyson also got a new pair of jammies (no sparkly panties for him!!)



Welcome back Elfie! We're going to be making very good choices, and we can't wait to see where all you hide each morning when we wake up!!

Our weekend in pictures!

This weekend we had Uncle Scott, Aunt Courtney, Caleb, Calvin, MaMa, and PaPa at our house. Everybody came in for the ballgame on Saturday, and Scott and Courtney had a brunch to attend for their friend who's getting married in December. This was the first time that Jerry or the kids had seen Caleb and Calvin, so they were pretty excited!

Here's MaMa and Calvin having some snuggle time
Princess Spider Witch Anniston with Calvin
Nanny took Treyson over to watch the band practice for the ballgame
The kiddos enjoying the tailgating festivities!
Anniston getting some snuggle time in!

He looks so big here!
Uncle Scott showing Treyson one of the boys....I'm getting worse at knowing who's who because Calvin's little cheeks are chubby like his brother Caleb's now!


We had such a fun weekend! We've got a very busy week, and then we get to have everybody over here again next weekend! We will also be celebrating PaPa's birthday!